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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through On Beauty and Being Fair.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What struck Odysseus first about the person he visited?
(a) Her gentility.
(b) Her strength.
(c) Her nudity.
(d) Her beauty.

2. How does the poet who wrote about mistakes in beauty describe these mistakes?
(a) Unpleasant.
(b) Strange.
(c) Unkind.
(d) Dishonest.

3. What kind of approach does Scarry say feminism takes?
(a) Religious.
(b) Generational.
(c) Theoretical.
(d) Political.

4. What does the vulnerable person who admires beauty risk?
(a) Being rejected.
(b) Giving up secrets.
(c) Becoming attached.
(d) Having no privacy.

5. When was "The Painter and His Model, Studio Interior" created?
(a) 1889.
(b) 1909.
(c) 1919.
(d) 1990.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of pressure does beauty cause?

2. What does Scarry think beauty brings?

3. What is Scarry's first conclusion about Odysseus's visit?

4. Beauty is compacted with ______________.

5. What about beauty did those wanting to banish it say was destructive?

(see the answer key)

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